Comments on: Australia Day 2011 – Clark & Anstedhttp://www.jenasmart.com/2011/01/australia-day-2011-clark-ansted/
...searching for my family's history...Sat, 07 May 2016 20:51:29 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1By: Karen Anstedhttp://www.jenasmart.com/2011/01/australia-day-2011-clark-ansted/#comment-21268
Tue, 09 Sep 2014 15:30:04 +0000http://www.jenasmart.com/?p=127#comment-21268Hi, Jen,
I realise it is 3 1/2 years since you posted this, so hope you receive it.
Yes, you do have relatives in Australia – very distant ones, but still relatives. Thomas Ansted & Esther Carruthers had a son, Thomas, who had a son Frederick born 1825 in Hackney, who migrated to South Australia, and married Maria Evelina Tidmarsh. They had two daughters, one being Julia Maria Ansted b 1852. Julia migrated to New Zealand, and married Frederick William Smith, had a family and ws at various times a farmer, teacher, chemist, and solicitor. Their son Frederick Burchall Ansted-Smith was born in 1879, married Amy Francis, had three children, and migrated to Sydney. The family reversed the name and the children were “Smith-Ansteds”. The youngest son was my husband’s father, Leo Frederick Smith-Ansted.
I wondered for a while what the Ansteds did in South Australia, and now I know! What I don’t know is why they migrated to New Zealand. In any case, there are Ansted relations in NSW, and apparently quite a few still in New Zealand. Cheers,
Karen Ansted
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Sat, 05 Feb 2011 15:21:52 +0000http://www.jenasmart.com/?p=127#comment-159Thanks for organizing the whole event – it was fun to participate, even from such a distance. And should you ever make your way to Canada – let me know. We’d love to play!
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Sat, 05 Feb 2011 08:52:52 +0000http://www.jenasmart.com/?p=127#comment-156Sorry for my belated commenting, I couldn’t access the site when I came by earlier. I’m so glad you found a way to join in. Every contribution is appreciated and it all adds context to our ancestors lives.

My little ones are a similar age to yours so if you ever make it to Australia we could organise a playdate!

]]>By: Sharon Brennanhttp://www.jenasmart.com/2011/01/australia-day-2011-clark-ansted/#comment-98
Thu, 27 Jan 2011 07:09:10 +0000http://www.jenasmart.com/?p=127#comment-98Thanks for joining in the challenge. Every story adds more information to our stories.
]]>By: Aillinhttp://www.jenasmart.com/2011/01/australia-day-2011-clark-ansted/#comment-97
Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:47:01 +0000http://www.jenasmart.com/?p=127#comment-97Thanks for joining in from Canada 🙂
]]>By: Judy Websterhttp://www.jenasmart.com/2011/01/australia-day-2011-clark-ansted/#comment-94
Wed, 26 Jan 2011 06:13:24 +0000http://www.jenasmart.com/?p=127#comment-94OK, I understand. International flights can be an effort on one’s own, let alone with little ones in tow! The Australasian Congress is held every third year, so you will get another chance. I think 2015 will be in Canberra.
]]>By: jenasmarthttp://www.jenasmart.com/2011/01/australia-day-2011-clark-ansted/#comment-93
Wed, 26 Jan 2011 06:01:23 +0000http://www.jenasmart.com/?p=127#comment-93I really would love to come visit some day. I`d like to take my children along, though. As they are both under four, I think I`m going to wait a few more years. I`m just not that brave! (When I think of what our ancestors went through to get to Australia and Canada, it seems silly I don`t want to travel for a couple of days with two small children, but there it is!)
]]>By: Judy Websterhttp://www.jenasmart.com/2011/01/australia-day-2011-clark-ansted/#comment-92
Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:55:11 +0000http://www.jenasmart.com/?p=127#comment-92An afterthought… It would be fun if you could make your visit coincide with the Australasian Congress on Genealogy and Heraldry. The next one is in Adelaide in 2012. There are always some speakers from the northern hemisphere.
]]>By: Judy Websterhttp://www.jenasmart.com/2011/01/australia-day-2011-clark-ansted/#comment-91
Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:48:11 +0000http://www.jenasmart.com/?p=127#comment-91You are very welcome at our party! I do hope you can visit Australia soon.
]]>By: Carole Rileyhttp://www.jenasmart.com/2011/01/australia-day-2011-clark-ansted/#comment-90
Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:29:49 +0000http://www.jenasmart.com/?p=127#comment-90Good on ya cobber! No, we don’t really talk like that, but we’re pleased to have you aboard.
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